Gunman opens fire on City Heights barbecue, wounding 2

A gunman opened fire on a group of people gathered around a sidewalk barbecue Thursday night in City Heights, wounding two men in what police believed was a gang-related shooting, officers said.

The gunfire erupted just before 8:10 p.m. on Dawson Avenue near the corner of El Cajon Boulevard, where there is a supermarket, several restaurants and an auto repair shop, San Diego police Officer Robert Heims said.

The gunman was standing on a street corner near the gathering when he fired toward the group, striking a 42-year-old man in the leg and a 28-year-old man in the abdomen, Heims said.

Both were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

The gunman and a companion were last seen running east on El Cajon Boulevard for a block, and then south on 53rd Street. Detectives from the San Diego Police Department’s gang unit were assigned to investigate the shooting.